A terrorist is one who attends Fort Benning in Georgia. Go America.
http://www.newhumanist.com/soa.html
http://www.zpub.com/notes/terror-camp.html
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1117-06.htm
Terrorism as a definition changes every week. There are many policies which I would personally classify as 'terrorism', regardless of the responsible government or what their media tells me to believe.